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    RIP CURRENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A strong surface current flowing outwards from a shoreplay

    Synonyms:

    rip current; riptide

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    Hypernyms ("rip current" is a kind of...):

    current; stream (a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes))

    Holonyms ("rip current" is a part of...):

    tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)

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